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The new journalism, the new imperialism and the fiction of empire, 1870-1900
Title
The new journalism, the new imperialism and the fiction of empire, 1870-1900 / Andrew Griffiths.
ISBN
9781137454362 (hardback : alk. paper)
1137454369 (hardback : alk. paper)
Publication
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Physical Description
viii, 233 pages ; 23 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 14, 2015
Series
Palgrave studies in the history of the media
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Empire, news, novels
Most extraordinary careers: special correspondents and the news narrative
W.T. Stead, General Gordon, and the novelization of the news
Romance or reportage? H. Rider Haggard and the Pall Mall gazette
A scramble for authority: H.M. Stanley, Joseph Conrad and the Congo
Winston Churchill, the Morning Post and the end of the imperial romance
Conclusion: Conflict, friction and fragmentation.
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